从第1天开始实现盈利 - 经营营利性业务具有挑战性。当我们只是开始启动旅程时，尤其是这样。每个Kickass企业家都知道著名的利润公式。我8年的侄子直觉地理解，他的粉红色小猪贡献了0.10美元，这意味着将他的支出限制为1美元的津贴中的0.90美元。理解…

Clients are concerned with their problems. If you want them to buy your stuff, you need to solve their problems FIRST. — Many clients and prospects are obsessed with their own problems. We are no different. We want to talk to people to sell our products and services. All is fair in life. That is not the case for the customer-facing roles (such as marketing and sales). I have key-performance metrics that…

Time is not our limitation. Energy is. Energy allows us to be at our best in our day job, and in our side-hustles. — Contrary to popular belief, I think energy is more important than time. You can have all the time in the world to do great things, but if you have nothing left in the tank, nothing gets accomplished. This is especially true for side-hustlers, creative folks, and basically, everyone working at…

We cannot ignore the earning potential of the internet — I found Gillian Perkins on YouTube. Her video clip popped up in my feed. It was a video on her earnings report. I clicked to watch. Yes, yes. I am always fascinated with new ways of making money. And how people are killing it in different ways. Gillian started the…

Knowing who to work with is an understated growth hack — If all you have is 4 hours every evening to grow your 1-Man consulting practice, the following energy equation will apply. Knowing who to avoid = Time saved = More time to focus on great clients And great clients help build our 1-Man consulting practice. Our experience can be captured…

No, I don’t change my sleeping, exercise, or eating patterns — I am in the best mental shape of my life. I am confident it will get better. Of course, I have experimented with many ultra-productive and mind-changing techniques along the way. Many failed. Some brought results. As cliché as it sounds, the Pareto Principle does apply here. Without further ado…

Avoid them — Everyone has a money story. I had front-row experiences earning money beyond a standard salary. I blew them with dumb purchases too. With time, I figured out how to get smarter with money. Every money mistake I made inspired me to learn more about dollars and cents. Without further delay…

Managing our clients is instrumental to the success of our 1-Man consulting practice — Consulting clients come in all shapes and sizes. Some are calm and collected. Few are cucumber chill. Very many are highly strung (meaning easily nervous). You know, people who push the panic button often? This is the thing. Consulting work is a service-oriented profession. We work with people, not machines. …